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А деньги за лечение почтой пошлёте.

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And the money for the treatment you can send by post.”

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Тамошних, саратовских на дому у себя пользует, а ежели которые из других городов, то по телеграфу. The local ones, the Saratov folk, he treats at his own house, and any that are from other towns — by telegraph.

Пошлите ему, ваше превосходительство, депешу, что так, мол, вот и так… у раба божьего Алексия зубы болят, прошу выпользовать. Send him a wire, Your Excellency, saying such and such and so and so… the servant of God Alexy is suffering from toothache, I beg you to cure him.

The words in this sentence

а
and, but (conjunction)
де́ньги
money (nom/acc pl)
за
for (prep.)
лече́ние
treatment, cure
по́чтой
by post, by mail (instr sg of почта) — почта
пошлёте
you will send (2pl of послать) — послать

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 13 of 56

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